Bottle-washing machine.



R. F. BEUTLICH.

' BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-23. I915. 1,144,023. Patented June 22, 1915.

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R. F. BEUTLICH.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

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Patented June 22, 1915.

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BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED 11mm. 1915.

1,144,023. Patented June 22, 1915.

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ATTORNEYS,

R. F. BEUTLICH.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-23, 1915.

1, 144,023. Patented June 22, 1915.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR R. F. BEUTLICH.

BOTTLE WASHING MACHINE.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD F. BEUTLICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 TWENTIETH CENTURY MACHINERY CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed January 28, 1915. Serial No. 3,904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, RICHARD F. BEUTLICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Vashing Machines, of which the following is a speclfication.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of machines which are known in the practical art as bottle-soaking machines, because of their purpose of soaking the labels off the bottles as well as washing and rinsing the latter.

The primary object of my invention is to improve the type of bottle-washing machine exemplified in Letters Patent No. 1,018,016, granted February 20, 1912, to S. L. Goldman and Letters Patent No. 1,130,015, granted March 2, 1915, to J. T. H. Paul, particularly in the matters of speeding the operation by rendering the travel of the endless bottle-carrier continuous, instead of intermittent, reducing the work of the pump, thereby also keeping the water-spraying nozzles from clogging, and effectually disposing ofthe labels washed from the bottles.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an outline view of the machine in side elevation, partly broken and showing parts by dotted representation; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line 2-2, Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar section but taken on line 22 at the side of the machine opposite that presented in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a broken view in elevation and partly sectional, showing certain details; Fig. 4 is a section on line M, Fig. 6; Fig. 5 is a broken View in section on line 5-5, Fig. 6, and Fig. 6 is a similar view in section on line 6-6, Fig. 5, or on line 66, Fig. 4.

In its general construction, the machine is the same as that described in said patents. The tank 7, in the present instance, however, contains only two compartments separated by a partition 8 and forming, respectively, the hot cleansin -water or solution compartment 9 and the resh rinsing-water compartment 10. A hood 11 extends in elevated position over the tank, lengthwise about which an endlesschain bottle -carrier 12 travels over'sprockets, indicated at 13, the shaft of a sprocket, shown at the dischargeend of the machine where a chute 15 is represented in Fig. 1, carrying a gear-wheel indicated at 14. The two chains of the endless carrier are connected together at intervals by cross-bars 16 (Figs. 2 and 3), each of which is provided with a series of pockets 17 for seating bottles 18 in inverted position, and centering them relatively to funnel-like nozzles 19 in the lower extensions of the pockets. Each bar has bracket-extensions 16 of the conveyer-chains bolted to its opposite ends, and on these chains are jour naled rollers 16 to travel on tracks 20 supported on angle-posts 20 (Figs. 2 and 3) rising at intervals on opposite sides of the tank. An electric motor 21 drives a centrifugal pump 22, which takes the hot water from the compartment 9 through a pipe 23 and forces it through a pipe 24 terminating at its upper end in a manifold 25 extending along the top of the tank below the plane of bottles traveling over the latter, this manifold containing a partition 26 dividing it into hot and cold water sections; and the pump also forces hot water from the tankcompartment 9 through a valved pipe 24 supplying a series of spraying ipes 25 extending parallel with the mani old 25 above the plane of the aforesaid bottles, each of these spraying-pipes extending lengthwise over a different row of the bottles. Fresh water is supplied to the tank-compartment 9, to be mixed therein with a suitable cleansing substance, if desired, and to be heated as hereinafter described, through a pipe 27 containing a valve at 28 and a valve at 29: and from this pipe lead a branch-pipe 30 into the fresh-water compartment of the manifold 25 and a branch-pi 31 to a series of spraying-pipes 25" extending in line with the pipes 25.

The parts as thus far described are substantially the same as the corresponding parts in the machines of the aforesaid patents.

The manifold 25 is connected at intervals along its length, as hereinafter described, with another manifold 38 (Fig. 3) extending along the opposite inner side of the tank; and both of these manifolds are supported,

to be reciprocated, on concave rollers 39 journaled in suitable position on the inner sides of the opposite tank-walls near their upper edges. The pipe 24, which has a flexibly jointed connection at 24 with the manifold 25 and a similar connection at 24 with the discharge side of the pump, contains an intermediate expansion, telescopic or slip-joint 24 to adapt the pipe to yield with the reciprocal movements, hereinafter described, of the manifolds 25 and 38; and a pipe 38, having a flexibly jointed connection at 38 (Figs. 3 and 3 with the manifold 38 and containing a slip-j oint 38, supplies steam from a pipe 38 to the last named manifold. A similar slip-joint is provided at 30 (Fig. l) in the pipe 30. The connections between the headers 25 and 38 consist, each, of tubes 40 and 41, these two tubes extending parallel and being integral with each other and closed at their respectively opposite ends. The manifold 25 is connected with the open end of the tube 40 and the manifold 38 is similarly connected with the open end of the tube 41. At intervals along the top of each tube 40, these intervals corresponding with those at which the flaring nozzles 19 depend in a series on each cross-bar 16, are provided threaded holes, in which are screwed nozzles 42; and steam-jets 43 are screwed into openings in each tube 41 to register with and project a slight distance into the open bases of the nozzles, to coiiperate with the latter in an injector-like manner. The jets are closed at their bases by screw-caps 43".

The tank-compartment 9 being filled to the desired level with water supplied through the pipe 27, after which the valve 28 is closed, and the valve 29 being open, steam entering the tubes 41 and the motor runnin to drive the pump 22 and the shaft 33, the endless bottle-carrier 12 is driven slowly and continuously, while the steamis discharging through the jets 43 to inject water through the nozzles 42 into the nozzles 19 and thence into the bottles 18 as the members thereof in each transverse series register, in the travel of the carrier, with the nozzles 42 below them. In the meantime the spray-pipes 25 and 25 are spraying water downwardly against and over the longitudinal rows of bottles as they pass to cleanse their exteriors and wash off the labels. As will be seen, the steam heats the cleansing water, coming from the tubes 40, to the desired temperature, and its injector-action relieves the pump of considerable work in raising the water; in fact it enables the work to be performed by one pump where a plurality of pumps would otherwise be required.

To effect thorough cleansing of the interiors of the bottles, it is necessary that they be subjected to the action of the nozzles each continuously for a somewhat prolon ed period in the travel of the carrier. To e ect this, I cause the manifolds 25 and 38, and therefore their connecting tubes carrying the jetting members, to travel at the speed of the carrier for some distance, whereby the respective nozzles 42 and 19 remain in registration with bottles during such period, a ter which these manifolds are quickly retracted on their carrying rollers 39 and the advance with the carrier is then repeated. This operation is accomplished by a cam-groove 43 formed in the face of the worm-Wheel 35, or provided on the worm-Wheel shaft, and in which travels a roller or stud 44 on one end of a lever 45 extending from a rockshaft 46, which has a slotted-link connection 47 with the adjacent end of the manifold 25. The cam-action roduces the advance-movement of the manifolds 25 and 38 correspondingly with the movement of the endless carrier to maintain the jetting of water into the respective bottles for a desired length of time, whereupon these manifolds are quickly retracted to their initial positions to be again advanced in the same way.

In the tank there extends, below the manifolds and 38, inclinedly from one side thereof short of the opposite side, a shed 48 for catching the labels Washed from the bottles and shedding them by the flow of water from above into the body of water in the tank, traversing across the bottom of which extends (Fig. 4) a valved drainpipe 49 for draining the tank when desired. Baflle-plates 50, 51 and 52 extend lengthwise of the tank below the shed into the water, the central battle-plate having a hinged gate 53 on its lower end to extend it to the tank-bottom, and permit the gate to be raised for cleaning out, when required, labels and other refuse-matter deposited on the tank-bottom, through manholes one of which is shown at 54 in a side of the tank. Adjacent to the baflle-plate 52 is formed a compartment which determines the water-level in the tank. An endless conveyer 56 formed of successively overlapping perforated plates fastened at their ends to opposite endless chains 56 is supported to travel through the compartment 55 and below the tank on sprockets indicated at 57 journaled on shafts at opposite ends of the tank. One of,these sprocket-shafts carries a worm-wheel 58, with which meshes a worm 59 on the adjacent end of the driveshaft 33; and this same sprocket-shaft carries a pulley 60 (Fig. 6) having an endlessbelt connection with a rotary brush 61 journaled on the lower of two tracks62 along holes 54. Such portions of the labels as =t=1= 3 ai uea1witn the solution past the battleplates 51 strata-into the compartment 55 are intercepted byfan'djdpOsit gently on the 5 convey'er' fi I thesolution, carrying such matter, and'will therefore not before-ed rou" the i perfora tions in the? conveyer-plate'sw ln -F1g. is shown a bent wipe 6'3 leadingfrom the Inner tank-compartment '10 lengthwise beyond the latter in a valved :lhis rinsing -Wate'n' from "the compare pa e "o fioiv ith'gainstthe traveling can;

o t the 1 latter, while" the rotating "cddperates'to'looseiisuch 'I'I Iatte'r adheimgto the perforatedplates. By thus passing'through the hot'w'aten in the com- V pertinent '9 the'cold rinsing Waten'the' latter becomes heated and'is thusbette'r adapted for it's purpose an cleaning the perforated conveyer-pla tes'; and, besides ,jbytaking hea t out, ofthefnfater in the compartment- 9 it tends to prevent excessive "heating of that waterby' th'e 'siteam employed for the de scribed injecting puvposewas the carrier 12 brings the-Washed and rinsed bottles ;to' the chute-15 they fall out of the pockets '17 upon-and slidedown the chute to be caughtby' an" attendant.-

By ea'nstf my improved" features thus describedythe injector-action of thestea'rn not only greatly reduces the work of pumpnozzlesalong with the bottles, as described,

the washing of bottles is performed in 'a thorough manner much morespeedily, and enables the length of the machine to be materially reduced over one wherein the same Work is performed in a machine'wherein an intermittently moving bottle-conveyer is employed. Moreovelg'the means provided for removing refuse-material from the ma chine adds greatly to its efiiciency.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of consti'uction thus specifically shown and described, and I do not intend, by illustrating a single, specific or preferred embodiment of my invention to be limited thereto, my intentions being in the following claims to claim protection upon all the novelty there may be in my invention as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

because of the gentle flow of t lent aiana'termmatmg by Letters Patent 'is z f I '1. In" a bottle-washing "machineiof the l character described," the I combination of tank, an'endless carrier movable lengthwisew 7 over the tankand provided with 1 "supports for bottles ininverted"positiony' means i cluding a motor for drivingsai'd' carrie motor-driven pump connected at its suctio side with the tank, watergtubes supported-to": extend at' -intervals crosswise"ovelithe tan below "the 'upp'cr sectio'n ofsaid. carrier and communicating with the 'discharge-tside fofthe pump, nozzles projectingaifnvardly fromi said tubes, andsteam-tubes extending along; 30 said I water-tubes and fpr'ovid ed \"v ith :-'jetsf coinciding and cooperating With=said noz ZlS. r 1

2. In "a" bottle-washing "niaehineofi 'the: character described, the combination of a tank, an endless carrier movable'lengthwise 1 over the tank andpro'vided wi th fsupports for bottles in inverted position, m cans i n eluding amotor fordri ving said carrier, a" motor-driven pump connected at"itssucti,on-' side with the tank, amanifol'd forthewash Water supported to eXt-end'over the tank; along oneside thereof below the upper section ofsaid carrier and communicating with the discharge-side of the pumpya manifold: for s-tcam'extending' along the opposite side and over thetank, water-tubes extending at intervalsat the inner side-of said. first named manifold and "provided" with up wardly projecting nozzles, and steam-tubes' 1O0 exjtendingalong said Water-tubes fromthe steam-manifold andprov'ided with jets coinciding and cooperating with said nozzles.

3. In "a bottle-washing machine of the characterQdescribed, the combination of a 135 tank, an. endless carrier movable lengthwise over the" tank and provided with supports for bottles *in inverted positionymeans in{ cluding a motor fordriving said carrier, at motor driven-pump connected at its suction side with the tank,"a manifold for the washw'ater supported to extend "over the tank along one side thereof below the upper sectionof said carrier and communicatingwith the discharge-side ofthepump, a manifold for steam extending along the opposite side and over the tank, Water and steam-tubes connecting said manifolds'at intervals and being formed in pairs having their members parallel and-integral with each and closed at respectively opposite ends, nozzles projecting upwardly from the water-tubes and jets extending from said steam-tubes into and cobperating'with saidnozzles.

4. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the combination of a tank, an endlesscarrier movable lengthwise uninterruptedly over the tank and provided with supports for bottles in inverted position, a motor-driven pump connected at its What I claim as new and desire to secure suction-side with the tank, manifolds reciprocably supported to extend opposite each other lengthwise of the tank below the upper section of said carrier and connected respectively, with the discharge-side of the pump and a steam-supply, water and steam tubes extending respectively from said manifolds in pairs crosswise of the tank, nozzles projecting upwardly from said water-tubes, jets extending from said steam-tubes to coincide and cooperate with said nozzles, and motor-driven means for driving said carrier and moving said manifolds correspondingly in one direction with the movement of the carrier and quickly returning them to their initial position.

5. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the combination of a tank, an endless carrier movable lengthwise uninterruptedly over the tank and provided with supports for bottles in inverted position, a motor-driven pump connected at its suction-side with the tank, series of rollers supported on the opposite walls of the tank near its top, manifolds reciprocably supported on said rollers and connected respectively with the discharge-side of the pump and a steam-supply, water and steam tubes in pairs of integral members extending respectively from and connecting said'manifolds at intervals, nozzles projecting upwardly from said water-tubes, jets extending from said steam-tubes into said nozzles at their bases, a worm-driven connection between said motor and carrier for driving the latter, and means cooperating with said connection to move said manifolds on their supporting-rollers correspondingly in one direction with the movement of theoarrier and quickly return them to their initial position.

6. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the combination of a tank, an endless carrier movablelengthwise' uninterruptedly over the tank andtprovided with supports for bottles in inverted position, a motor-driven pump connected at its suction-side with the tank, manifolds reciprocably supported to extend opposite each other lengthwise of the tank below the up per section of said carrier and connected respectively with the discharge-side of the pump and a steam-supply, water and steam tubes in pairs connecting said manifolds at intervals, nozzles projecting upwardly from said water-tubes, jets extending from said steam-tubes into said nozzles at their bases, a worm-drive connected with the motorshaft and geared to the carrier for driving the latter, and a cam-operated link and lever connection between said worm-drive and manifolds cooperating with said worm-drive to move the manifolds correspondingly in one direction with the movement of the carrier and quickly return them to their initial position.

rier and means for washing bottles onthe carrier, of a laterally-inclined shed, upright bafile-plates and a compartment below the shed all extending in the tank lengthwise thereof, a refuse-carrier, comprising endless chains and a series of perforated plates connecting them, supported to travel lengthwise through said compartment, and means for driving said refuse-carrier.

9. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the combination with a tank containing hot wash-water and cold rinsing-water compartments in succession and provided with a traveling bottle-carrier and means for washing bottles on the carrier, of a valved pipe extending in the hot wash-water compartment from the rinsingwater compartment for conducting cold water from the latter through and reducing the temperature of the hot wash-water.

10. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the combination with a tank containing hot wash-water and cold rinsing-Water compartments and provided with-a traveling bottle-carrier and means for washing bottles on the carrier, of a compartment extending lengthwise in the tank, a refuse-carrier supported to travel lengthwise through said last-named compartment, means for driving said refusecarrier and a valved pipe extending from said rinsingcompartment through said hot-water compartment and discharging against said refuse-carrier outside the tank.

11. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the combination with a tank containing hot Wash-water and cold rinsing-water compartments and provided with a traveling bottle-carrier and means for washing bottles on the carrier, of a compartment extending lengthwise in the tank, an endless refuse-carrier supported to travel lengthwise through said last-named compartment, a brush rotatably supported in the path of said carrier beneath the same outside the tank, a valved pipe extending from said rinsing-compartment through said hot-water compartment and discharging downwardly against said refuse-carrier above said brush, and means for driving said refuse-carrier and brush.

12. In a bottle-washing machine of the character described, the'combination with a tank for the washing water provided with a traveling bottle-carrier, a pump for circulating the water to and from the tank and 6 a motor for operating the pump and connected with said carrier for drivmg it, of a compartment extending lengthwise in the tank, and an endless refuse-carrier supported to travel lengthwise throu h said lastnamed compartment and geare to said bot- 10 tle-carrier driving means to be driven thereby.

RICHARD F. BEUTLICH. In the presence of Puss. L. Goss, J. B. SCARBOROUGH. 

